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Mariana Herrera
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Marine Science PhD - Postdoc at UVigo
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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by a man who argued that, as the naked baby featured on the cover of the rock band Nirvana’s 1991 album, he had been the victim of child sexual abuse imagery.
Judges Dismisses Lawsuit Over Naked Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’
The man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s seminal second album argued that the band had engaged in child sex abuse imagery.
nyti.ms
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
You will live forever ♥️🐒🦍🦧
www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...
'An extraordinary legacy': Tributes after chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies age 91
The primatologist was a
www.bbc.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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single best thing help the oceans: eliminate the harmful subsidies given to fishing fleets that make catching the last fish still profitable

@wto.org "Fish 1" agreement starts toward that but it's the first step in a journey of many miles - find out why 👇

theconversation.com/what-the-wto...
What the WTO’s deal to curb fisheries subsidies means and what it could achieve
For decades, government subsidies have helped industrial fishing fleets to expand, often with little regard for sustainability.
theconversation.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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World's biggest coral survey confirms sharp decline in Great Barrier Reef after heatwave - AIMS

www.aims.gov.au/information-...
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Just in: #June 2025 was Earth’s 3rd-warmest June on record

Find our report with maps/images at:

ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...

via
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
July 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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We’re hiring! 🌊💼 Closing soon!

Join our Operations team as Site Services Coordinator at our waterfront location in Plymouth, where you'll be central to supporting us as a destination for marine biology research & discovery. Closing date 13th July 2025. Find out more mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing....
July 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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🐜 Las hormigas dispersan hasta el 30% de las semillas en algunos bosques, controlan plagas agrícolas como pulgones y orugas, y mejoran la aireación y fertilidad del suelo. 

Además, su veneno contiene compuestos con potencial para tratar infecciones humanas resistentes 🩺
July 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Dr. Kathi Lefebvre from NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center led this new @nature.com paper linking harmful algal blooms #HABs, ocean warming, and aġviq (bowhead whale) in the #Arctic. 🧪🌊🦑

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Bowhead whale faeces link increasing algal toxins in the Arctic to ocean warming - Nature
An analysis of bowel samples from bowhead whales collected yearly from 2004–2022 indicates increasing algal toxin concentrations in Arctic food webs due to warming ocean conditions.
doi.org
July 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Have you read the latest issue of the IUCN SSC - Quarterly Report (March 2025)?

This issue showcases the incredible range of conservation work happening across our global network.

📖 Read the full report: iucn.org/sites/defaul...

#IUCNSSC #IUCN #Biodiversity #IUCNCongress
iucn.org
July 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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La doctora en física de partículas Mar Capeáns ha sido nombrada directora de Operaciones del CERN. Es la primera vez que una mujer española asume esta responsabilidad 👏👏👏 home.cern/news/opinion...

#WomenInSTEM
June 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
THIS!!!... 👇
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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“One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night

It is too devastating to see how few there are”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Newton was on to a lot of stuff before most people...🧪
June 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🧊 Glacial retreat converts exposed landscapes from net carbon sinks to sources

Retreating glaciers turn landscapes from carbon sinks into greenhouse gas sources, releasing CO₂ & CH₄ as soils develop.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s432...

#SciComm #ClimateChange 🧪
Glacial retreat converts exposed landscapes from net carbon sinks to sources - Communications Earth & Environment
Weathering of fresh comminuted sediment during glacial to interglacial transitions can result in net carbon dioxide sinks, whereas enhanced methanogenesis in deglaciated soils acts as a source of gree...
doi.org
June 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Scientists underestimate frequency of South Atlantic heating events: Study - Bobby BASCOMB @mongabay.com ngabay

news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Scientists underestimate frequency of South Atlantic heating events: Study
A new study finds that scientists have likely underestimated heat stress on coral reefs in the South Atlantic Ocean, further raising concerns for coral bleaching amid climate change. The study notes t...
news.mongabay.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Global Decline in the Size of Sea Turtles. "Changes in mean adult body size may be a universal response to global warming and sometimes lead to conservation concerns." 🧪🦑🌎

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global Decline in the Size of Sea Turtles
Changes in mean adult body size may be a universal response to global warming and sometimes lead to conservation concerns. Using a 30-year data set for green turtles from Malaysia, we show a decrease...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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From collecting frauds designed to expose junk journals, I know that we rarely get any insight into how predatory academic services operate.

So this description of a papermill operates is unusual and valuable.

forbetterscience.com/2025/05/19/a...
A Sting Inside a Papermill
“It’s clear that any academically corrupt individual — particularly one with editorial connections — could easily “place” dozens of these Anzen products into indexed journals and collect a ha…
forbetterscience.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Via Polar Observer - The deadly H5N1 bird flu has jumped species in Antarctica. It's getting closer to 'pandemic potential' - Tom HARTLEY, Richard MOCKLER ABC News

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
'Unprecedented and alarming': Bird flu has morphed to wipe out seals
Australia is surrounded by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. And it is morphing as sea animals and birds bring it ever closer to these shores.
www.abc.net.au
May 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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🎣"A ninguén se lle ocorrería permitir que se capturen linces ou aguias imperiais".

Son palabras do biólogo Carlos García de Leaniz da @uvigo.bsky.social, un dos maiores expertos en salmónidos do mundo.

Ou o salmón é declarado en perigo de extinción ou desaparecerá.
Un SOS polo salmón: "A ninguén se lle ocorrería permitir que se capturen linces"
Un experto en salmónidos ve fracasadas as medidas até o de agora para recuperar unha especie que cre que debe ser declarada en perigo de extinción
lc.cx
May 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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"Understanding the well-studied science of the developmental process of sexual differentiation is especially important now, given widespread misinformation about—and the politicization of—sex and gender." 🧪 on @thetransmitter.bsky.social
What birds can teach us about the ‘biological truth’ of sex
Part of our job as educators is to give students a deeper understanding of the true diversity of sex and gender in the natural world.
www.thetransmitter.org
April 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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📅 Genomic Technologies Open Science Day - June 9
FREE event featuring expert developers and users!
Register: www.jax.org/scienceday25/

Happening in person at @washu.bsky.social and online in partnership with NHGRI and @jacksonlab.bsky.social
🧪🧬🖥️👩‍🔬 #STS
Learn more at genometdcc.org#outreachevents
April 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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🌍 El #cambioclimático ya está obligando a millones de personas a dejar sus hogares

Tanit, Valeria y Shaila son migrantes climáticas, forzadas a huir por el impacto del calentamiento global

🎬 "Mariposas negras", historia imprescindible sobre quienes pierden todo por la crisis climática

#Goya2025
⭐ El equipo de "Mariposas Negras" recoge el premio a la Mejor Película de Animación #Goya2025
February 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as HHS Secretary signals a new era of anti-intellectualism in American politics, with both Trump and Kennedy casting doubt on vaccine safety and the medical establishment, and on experts in general. https://buff.ly/40QEKlU 🧪🩺
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination signals a new era of anti-intellectualism in American politics
Attacks on scientific expertise have been increasing, especially in politics. Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is among the more prominent people who have done that.
buff.ly
January 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM